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Feb 22, 2016

Nordenman Quoted by High North News on US Navy Base Expansion in Iceland

By Magnus Nordenman

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NATO
Northern Europe

In the News

Feb 22, 2016

Hasik Quoted by Dow Jones Business Journal on Jet Trainer Designs

By James Hasik

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, June 13, 2015

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2016

NATO Concerned over Possible Russia-Turkey Hostilities

By Spiegel

In Syria, the danger of a war between Turkey and Russia is on the rise

Germany
NATO

Defense Industrialist

Feb 19, 2016

How to kill the Long Range Strike Bomber, part 1

By James Hasik

As Lockheed may soon argue, why not just more stealth fighters and cruise missiles? Early this week, the US Government Accountability Office turned away another contract protest, ruling that the US Air Force had acted reasonably in awarding development of its future Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) to Northrop Grumman. We yet await Boeing’s decision on […]

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Feb 18, 2016

Munich Security Conference Cyber Dinner Event Featured in Washington Post

By Atlantic Council

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Cybersecurity
Germany

Report

Feb 18, 2016

Security and public order

By The Middle East Strategy Task Force

The security situation facing the Middle East is grave and appears to be trending toward greater violence and instability. The Middle East Strategy Task Force's Security and Public Order report, published in cooperation with the Brookings Institution, demonstrates that states of the region have tended to focus on traditional, external threats but the internal threats they face—from domestic unrest, state failure, and civil war—have become both more common and dangerous.

Middle East
Security & Defense
Estonian troops participating in Steadfast Jazz exercise, Nov. 3, 2013

NATOSource

Feb 17, 2016

Expert on NATO Calls for Permanent Alliance Military Presence in Baltics As Hedge Against Russia Military Action

By John Grady, USNI News

A leading analyst on NATO policy called for the alliance to place a permanent military presence in Baltic member states as a hedge against a more active Russian military.

NATO
Northern Europe

Defense Industrialist

Feb 16, 2016

Economics of the Third Offset, part 1

By James Hasik

Why the shift of billions from procurement to development funding? Funding for American military materiel is set to shift from buying to designing. If the US Congress more-or-less adopts the Pentagon’s fiscal year 2017 budget request, spending on research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) would increase by 5 percent—$6.4 billion—over fiscal 2016 , and procurement would […]

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In the News

Feb 16, 2016

Benitez Quoted by US Naval Institute News on Need for Permanent Military Presence in the Baltic States

By Jorge Benitez

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NATO
Russia

In the News

Feb 16, 2016

McFate in Herald-Tribune: Rising Use of Mercenaries Heralds World with More War

By Sean McFate

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